Artificial neural networks applied to outcome prediction for colorectal cancer patients in separate institutions

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9076, 1997, Pages 469-472

  Bottaci, Leonardo ^a   Drew, Philip J ^a   Hartley, John E ^a   Hadfield, Matthew B ^a   Farouk, Ridzuan ^a   Lee, Peter W R ^a   MacIntyre, Iain M C ^b   Duthie, Graeme S ^a   Monson, John R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030743761     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)11196-X     Document Type: Article

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